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INFORMANT'S GREAT AUNT, MAE MC NAMARA, BELIEVED THAT
IF SHE GAVE AWAY HER PERSONALIZED THIMBLE TO ONE OF HER
NIECES FOR FREE, THAT THE RECIPIENT WOULD BE AN OLD
MAID LIKE HER. IF THE RECIPIENT PAYS FOR THE THIMBLE
(FIVE CENTS, FOR EXAMPLE), THE RECIPIENT WILL GET
MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 01-29-1971
WHEN GOING BY A CEMETERY, YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR HANDS ON
TOP OF THE CAR, OR YOU WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
IF YOU STEP OVER A MOP HANDLE, YOU WILL NEVER GET
MARRIED; IF YOU JUMP OVER A BROOM HANDLE, YOU WILL
MARRY.
Submitter comment:
I CAN REMEMBER AS A CHILD BEING VERY CAREFUL TO FOLLOW
THESE PRESCRIPTIONS.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
SING AT THE TABLE, YOU GET A CRAZY WIFE.
Where learned: DINNER TABLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
IT IS BELIEVED BY SOME PEOPLE THAT IF YOU SING OR
WHISTLE WHILE EATING AT THE TABLE, YOU WILL MARRY
A FOOL FOR A MATE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAD THIS TOLD TO HIM BY HIS PARENTS WHEN HE
WAS VERY YOUNG. IT WAS ONCE BELIEVED VERY STRONGLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS ACROSS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM, YOU
WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER HAD ALWAYS TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 10-13-1971
IF YOU SWEEP UNDER SOMEONE'S FEET, THEY'LL NEVER GET
MARRIED.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
IF YOU SWEEP UNDER SOMEONE'S FEET, THEY WILL NEVER
GET MARRIED.
Where learned: BARBER SHOP
| Subject headings: | Observation Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 09-08-1969
IF YOU SWEEP ON A YOUNG GIRL'S FEET, SHE WON'T GET
MARRIED.
Submitter comment: FROM MY MOTHER--COLLECTOR.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS OVER YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM,
YOU WON'T GET MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
IF YOU SWEEP UNDER A GIRL'S FEET, SHE'LL NEVER GET
MARRIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND SHE REMEMBERS THIS
FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN ALABAMA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
JAPANESE BELIEVE IN THE GREAT LOVE-CHARMING POWER
OF EATING CHARRED NEWT (SALAMANDER). A LOVE-FORSAKEN
MAN CAN GET HIS GIRLFRIEND TO LOVE HIM BY EATING
CHARRED NEWT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
THREE TIMES A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
THREE TIMES A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
THREE TIMES A BRIDESMAID, NEVER A BRIDE.
Submitter comment:
SHE HAS HEARD MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS ACTUALLY
WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST PIECE OF CANDY, COOKIE, PIECE OF
MEAT, ETC., IT MEANS YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
IF A GIRL EATS BOTH ENDS OF A LOAF OF BREAD, SHE
WILL FIND A HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST PIECE OF FOOD ON THE PLATE, YOU'LL
BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO HER BY HER GRANDMOTHER. NEVER SAID IN REFERENCE
TO MEN BEING BACHELORS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
IF A YOUNG GIRL EATS THE LAST PIECE OF CAKE OR CANDY
LEFT, SHE WILL END UP A SPINSTER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO REMEMBERS THIS FROM
HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST COOKY ON A PLATE, YOU WILL BE
AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 09-24-1969